The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-03-04
THE FASHIONABLE PARIsIENNE.
Ravishing Description OF the Luxurious
Refnements With Which She Is Pro-
yided.


An hour before you get up. your maid
will light your fire, and then screen IL
with silver framework lined with rose
silk, which Will temper the heat and give
the whole room a sort OF rosy morning
light that warns while it illumnes.
Then she Will bring you on a silver plato
warmer your cup of chocolate hot and
foammg, which you will drink from the
warmer itself. munchiug the while your
rusks, served on little gold toast-rack,
kept hot in it's turn 10y little live char
coal sprinkled with vanilla to perfume
the air
After you have taken your chocolate
you will doze again for couple OF hours.
Then you will put on a deshnbille Of
pink satin, lined with swansdown, envcl-
oping the whole body from head to foot.
The waiStband and the fastening OF the
neck of this garment must be of velvet
so as to be warm to the touch.
You may now pass into the bathroom,
the atmosphere OF which will be kept at
an agreeable temperature by little gusts
of roso-sccnted vapor pumped through
an aperture in the wall. 1t is now time
to draw on the stockings, lined with
warm, fiossy silk, long and pcrfumed
and gartcrcd with Russian SablcS, claspcd
with cats-eye stones set In diamonds.
The boots are to be lined with swans
down, and trimmed with Russian sables
as well.
Our precious product of civilization is
now in her dressing-roOm. This is to be
made comfortable by means OF an inn
mense fOot-warmer some ten feet square,
which is to form a kind of second floor
ing all about the drcSSing-tablc. The
blinds may be colored to represent the
ardent rays OF the sun, and the padding
to keep out the draught is TO be trimmed
with natural flowers. This will make
the place look and feel like summer
bower In the depth of winter.
The maid may now fumigate the nape
: of the neck with little burnt bcnzoin, 10
make it supple. We must not forget the
hands. These may be kept warm by
holding them in two little vessels OF
enamel with warm water, and shaped
like apples. The promised advantage of
this arrangement is that it gives the
hands that attractive rOSinCSS which
warmth can alone impaUt.
Tho Parisicnne avoids, as though It
was laden with the breath OF pcstilcnce,
every touch of cold air. The carriage in
which she takes her drive is Theoretically
closed. She may realize wintcrby watch
Ing the ice and milkmCn blowing on their
fingers through the windows.
It is bed time. The lady assumes the
rete,aent o,qti1aiye. Then the second gar
meRt-a sort of ulster Of white plush,
trimmed with ostrich feathers at the
neck ana WIlSlS- i ne HlSiilCdl, OF WilIe
satin. should be trimmed with feathers
Of the same bird, and, for additional
warmth, a little turtle dove may be fas-
tened above the left ear.
The very hands are 10 have their night
cnp gloves of pink kid lined with plush,
and fastened by elastlcs lin pink chonillo)
50 as not to check the circulation. Tie
bed Is to be heated by the fumes Of
burnt lime, flowers and viOlets
EnfiD Won will drink lust before going
to sleep, light creme de sdJiIon nice and
hot, made with two fresh eggs and q
glass OF Madeira.
Good night La Vie Parisienne.